The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-11
ABOUT WOMEN.

IHR aldermen Of Brooklyn nave ap-
pointtd fifteen women as police ma.
irons, with salaries OF 5000 each.
MRS. CUSTER has received nearly
500 letters about her book Boots and
Saddles, and has answered them all.
Mss LElTA L. BuRLIRaAME, Of Ann
Arbor, Mich, has been licensed to
practice law by the Illinois Supreme
court. ...
DIR MARTHA g. RIPLEY is the only
woman among the faculty OF the
HON e opsthic College Of Minnesota, at
Minneapolis.
Miss MARIETTA HoLLEY Josiah Al
lens wife, received $ll 900 for the
manuscript Of her new book, SAman-
tina at Saratoga.
MISS NINA r, POLLOCK, Of New
York, translator and type writer, has
been appointed by the Board of AL
dermen as commissioner OF deeds.
MRS. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, in
a recent visit to Paris, NIT some OF
the mos. distinguished suffragiets Of
France at reception given at the
residence Of her son, Theodore Stan
ton.
MIss ]. T.. WRIGHT, L. l.. B., the
only woman in this years class ut the
Boston University Law School, gradu-
ated cum lsude, and was heartily
cheered by the great audiences when
she stepped forward aud took her well
earned diploma.
THE Ohio women take courage from
the women's vote in Kansas, aud in
sist on their interest in three-iouIths
OF the State legislation. Constant
dropping wears the hardest stone, and
the male prejudice against the reform
is nothing worse than pumice.
Two VENETIAN ladies' named Silves.
tri have formed at Vienna school
for young girls to learn the art OF Mo-
eaiCs, and have given them the Palazzo
Sceriman in which to work. They ex-
ecute orders OF all kinds, sending the
work in sections to any part OF the
/ world.
THE Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Association, which lately made new
departure by appointing two women,
Drs. Anna Broomall and Clara
Marshall, as examiners OF women APP
pliCGnts for insurance, have now ap.
pointed as examiners for their Boston
branch DIS. Grace Wolcott and Lena
V. Ingraham.
/ FIND nothing in the Word Of God
that teaches me that woman should
not exercise the right Of suffrage; on
the contrary, the whole spirit OF tha
blessed hook is just the opposite. The
Golden Rule teaches us to do unto
others as We would that they should
DO unto us. Are we treating womsn
thus today P-Senator A. ID. Harlan,
Pa.
The world waits for woman's ballot
for her sovereign will, with mans,
formulated into law. Only such law
ought to be the supreme law Of the
land. Every great reform halts end
fingers until this one, the greatest Of
all, because 1t comprehendB all 10 &C.
complished. 1t has The best and
mightiest omens. It Is the cause Of
our country--it is the cause OF the
world.--SeHGtSr II. W. Blair, ~ Fl.
DR. MARY F. THoHAs, OF Richmond
Ind, cent very able paper on He
redity" to the recent annual meeting
Of the Indiana State Medical Society
at Indianapolis. DR.. Thomas conld
not be- pretent, and the paper was
read by Ms. Mary E. Haggart, Of In
disnapolis. The character Of The
paper, ard the excellent manner il
which 1t was read, secured the earnest
attention Of the members OF the Med
cal Society.
/ ANovA SCOTIA mother, Mrs. McPber
son placed her three year old daugh
ter temporarily in the halifax Infants
Home for safs keeping. Without he
knowledge toe managers OF the HON
gave the child to family living a
distance to bs adopted, When IN
mother discovered what had bee
done, she applied Tor possession Of ne
child. Judge Smith, Of the Nova SEC
TIA Supreme Court, has Just decide